“No risk is possible throughout the day except to put your trust in magic, for it is only this that leads to pain. ‘There is no will but God’s.’ His teachers know this this is so, and have learned that everything but this is magic. (M42 – M43)”
Affirmation: “Everything but the will of God is magic.”
Reflections:
This passage builds upon the one for yesterday. It asserts that putting our trust in magic thoughts is the bottom line for why we feel pain. What an empowering thought this is! We can avoid pain if we follow the Holy Spirit. We will not necessarily avoid struggle, but struggle does not have to be (and is not) pain, and certainly struggle is not suffering. Our minds can intellectually wrap around this concept, and the result will be only good.
“There is no will but God’s.” We only live in illusion when we doubt the truth of this statement. The real world will dawn upon our sight when we have accepted God’s will as our own (an interpretation of the Course, not stated therein).
Our days will go well when they are started out well. Putting our trust in God and not in illusion is the way to go. Then we will surely and certainly be led away from pain.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
Help me this day to place in Your hands and in Your trust. In truth I have no will but Yours, and this has always been true, but I have not understood. Help me to understand today.
May this day go well. I know that when I place my trust in You, I always have a good day–however many upsetting things may happen. You are with me always, and this gives me certainty and confidence to face all occurrences.
Amen.
